Billionaire and former gubernatorial candidate Stephen Cloobeck is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 7 on charges of trying to dissuade multiple people from testifying in a criminal case against his fiancée. Cloobeck’s fiancée, 28-year-old model and social media personality Adva Lavie, also known as Mia Ventura, was charged last year with stealing money and other property from people she met through dating apps, including wealthy older men and some younger women.
Cloobeck, 64, a real estate magnate who dropped his bid for governor late last year and threw his support behind now-disgraced candidate Eric Swalwell, was arrested on May 12 and freed on $300,000 bond, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department online inmate records.
